Fable 2
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In further summary, Eurogamer reviews continue to be terrible. He wastes all this space on waxing philosophical and really not going into any detail on the core of Molyneux's promises, the open world stuff. All you know is that the pathfinding seems to work. What about having kids? What about your effect on the game world? He doesn't even mention that they weren't able to evaluate the coop.
He liked the combat, at least, at he suggests it has more depth than the videos suggest via the whole 'maximizing experience orbs' part.
scooby_dooby
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Wow sounds like a AAA title for sure, awesome, I love it when a game actually delivers on the hype.
Pretty sure I'm callin in sick tomorrow!
Pretty sure I'm callin in sick tomorrow!
Awesome. I'm even more excited to start playing.
Also a 9.5 from IGN UK and a "BUY" from Arstech. I love this bit about "Ugly" in the "Good/Bad/Ugly" part of their write up:
"The ugly
* Deciding to put off questing for that rare treasure you've been seeking for weeks on your one day off from real-life work because the townspeople want your blood for overcharging, your wife is pregnant with your third child and she wants more money and nice furniture for the family, your ex-wife is sleeping with the blacksmith at the store you own, and your first-born son is attacking the neighbor's chickens with the toy sword you gave him."
Fable is the sort of games, judging from reviews, that rewards you when you actually live the life in Albion vs just treating it as a game that simply needs to be finished by doing the quest.
"The ugly
* Deciding to put off questing for that rare treasure you've been seeking for weeks on your one day off from real-life work because the townspeople want your blood for overcharging, your wife is pregnant with your third child and she wants more money and nice furniture for the family, your ex-wife is sleeping with the blacksmith at the store you own, and your first-born son is attacking the neighbor's chickens with the toy sword you gave him."
Fable is the sort of games, judging from reviews, that rewards you when you actually live the life in Albion vs just treating it as a game that simply needs to be finished by doing the quest.
Wow at Eurogamer. I'm of the camp that loves Eurogamer reviews, along with Edge's reviews, as the most important in the industry. The 10 and 9 scores really make my jaw hit the ground here. The nature of reviews has been debated (and banned?) on this site too, so all I'll say is it's refreshing to see two of the most respected reviews stop being about being a checklist and scorecard of mechanics, and start describing the experience, and how the games make you feel. After a few years, that's all you remember from games, anyway, so they're certainly more timeless than describing "hold A to attack" type reviews.
I was considering delaying this for Dead Space... but now I'll grab these two and see how Fallout scores as "next week's problem"
I was considering delaying this for Dead Space... but now I'll grab these two and see how Fallout scores as "next week's problem"
Give us your impressions when you can, please.
Not banned. We just don't want every other game thread turning into a review debate (and we just know what would happen here with a certain other game from the Other platform right about now without this policy
), so a thread was created for discussing reviews and how much people hate/agree with them.I enjoyed mass effect greatly, found oblivion dull... that's about my full experience of RPGs.
What are the odds I'll enjoy Fable II? It looks relatively fun from the videos I've seen, and i love the art style, but i thought oblivion looked good for me too. which it wasn't really. Any thoughts? I've got so many games that i want to get - farcry 2, gears 2, BK3, possibly this... all in the space of a month!
What are the odds I'll enjoy Fable II? It looks relatively fun from the videos I've seen, and i love the art style, but i thought oblivion looked good for me too. which it wasn't really. Any thoughts? I've got so many games that i want to get - farcry 2, gears 2, BK3, possibly this... all in the space of a month!
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So I picked it up at midnight and got through the childhood phase and onto starting the game.
In the village, I decided to show off seeing that I had a nice body. Impressing the ladies with my moves and taking all my clothes off did the trick. In a few mins, I have a gang of women wanting to get married. Then it turned out that some of them already had husbands...who are now really damn pissed at me....but their wives are following me around wanting to get "in." Thankfully my dog was kind enough to help be dig up a condom so it I might tap some married gypsy ass before hitting it big.
Speaking of, the dog is just one of the coolest additions, period. You go from this very single player hollow experience (Oblivion!) to always feel like you got a buddy with you. I find myself stopping to play fetch or play with him for no reason, all too often. Oh and I happen to be a cat person in real life. Me and my boy searched every damn corner of the initial area and found all sorts of cool stuff. We even got into a fight and which point one of the bastards kicked my dog.
HELL NO! I had to lay the pimp hand strong which brings us to combat. Imagination. That will define the combat for you. You can keep it simple and mindless or really get technical. The more technical you get the higher your experience bonus is. The more techincal you get the more beautiful the combat sequences are also. Very well done. I think I hit 250% exp bonuses a few times by being elegant instead of solo button mashing.
I've spend 3 hours just messing around and scratching the surface and already I can tell you this will be better than Oblivion and Mass Effect (my favorite game from last year). The way the world is around you and reacts because of you, is amazing. People know you and you even get to know them. I need to get some sleep that way I can keep a clear head tomorrow when picking which gypsy to nail and making sure I bag up!
In the village, I decided to show off seeing that I had a nice body. Impressing the ladies with my moves and taking all my clothes off did the trick. In a few mins, I have a gang of women wanting to get married. Then it turned out that some of them already had husbands...who are now really damn pissed at me....but their wives are following me around wanting to get "in." Thankfully my dog was kind enough to help be dig up a condom so it I might tap some married gypsy ass before hitting it big.
Speaking of, the dog is just one of the coolest additions, period. You go from this very single player hollow experience (Oblivion!) to always feel like you got a buddy with you. I find myself stopping to play fetch or play with him for no reason, all too often. Oh and I happen to be a cat person in real life. Me and my boy searched every damn corner of the initial area and found all sorts of cool stuff. We even got into a fight and which point one of the bastards kicked my dog.
HELL NO! I had to lay the pimp hand strong which brings us to combat. Imagination. That will define the combat for you. You can keep it simple and mindless or really get technical. The more technical you get the higher your experience bonus is. The more techincal you get the more beautiful the combat sequences are also. Very well done. I think I hit 250% exp bonuses a few times by being elegant instead of solo button mashing.
I've spend 3 hours just messing around and scratching the surface and already I can tell you this will be better than Oblivion and Mass Effect (my favorite game from last year). The way the world is around you and reacts because of you, is amazing. People know you and you even get to know them. I need to get some sleep that way I can keep a clear head tomorrow when picking which gypsy to nail and making sure I bag up!
Did you play Fable 1? How does it hold up?
As to the villagers knowing you, Fable 1 had this 'title' system. So if at some point you chase chickens enough, you'd get the 'chicken chaser' title and villagers will see you and go 'Oh look, it's the chicken chaser!', for instance. Anything like that, or more granular?
Um, in fable 1 i recall having to buy those titles, it didn't really have anything to do with you chasing chicken?
You could buy them, but you could also earn them by doing stuff. Most of the titles were better than chicken chaser, though.
I may be mistaken about chicken chaser, though, faqs tell me it was the default title. Just a coincidence that my characters usually chased chickens too.
